﻿<p>This <em>IfcDistributionElement</em> is a generalization of all elements that participate in a distribution system. Typical examples of <em>IfcDistributionElement</em>'s are (among others):</p>
    <ul>
      <li>building service elements within a heating systems </li>
      <li>building service elements within a cooling system </li>
      <li>building service elements within a ventilation system </li>
      <li>building service elements within a plumbing system </li>
      <li>electrical elements </li>
      <li>elements within a communication network </li>
    </ul>
<p>The <em>IfcDistributionElement</em> is further specialized in the IFC specification. Direct instantiation of <em>IfcDistributionElement</em> without an assigned subtype of <em>IfcDistributionElementType</em> provides the meaning of an distribution element proxy.</p>

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HISTORY&nbsp; New entity in IFC1.5.
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IFC4 CHANGE The entity is marked as deprecated for instantiation - will be made ABSTRACT in future releases.
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